Matt Kenney

Matt Kenney has been making things from wood his entire life. About 15 years ago, when he was a poor and recently married graduate student with plans for a philosophy professorship, he began to make furniture. He was still bumbling along when a generous professional furniture maker in Camden, S.C., (Joe Mazurek) took him into his shop and taught him to cut dovetails, make doors, and hammer veneer. For the last six years, Kenney has been an editor at FWW. He lives in Watertown, Conn., with his wife, Janet, and two children.

Get a big chisel for little work

February 7, 2018

Handwork
Holding Thin Stock for Planing

November 28, 2017

We've all been there. Hand planing a thin piece of wood—a workholding nightmare—you find that your planing stop is too tall. Even if it isn't, the second the blade engages…
Show off the functional beauty of your tools

October 25, 2017

Jim Puterbaugh believes tools have functional beauty and there's no better place to put that beauty on display than in your shop
Chris Gochnour’s shop really is this tidy

October 6, 2017

There is perhaps no more orderly and clean shop than Chris Gochnour's marvelous, sun-soaked shop in the Salt Lake City area
Philip Morley makes a great rocker

September 27, 2017

One of the things I like about traveling to an author's shop to take photos for the magazine is that I get to know her or him beyond the article…
ARK Shark Guard from Leeway Workshop

July 25, 2017

A riving knife for old cabinet saws
Moxon twin-screw vise by Lake Erie Toolworks

March 29, 2017

Twin-screw vise raises work to a comfortable height
Senco’s PC1010N Compressor and hybrid air hose

November 28, 2016

Senco’s new compressor and flexible hose are a perfect pair
A Small, Sturdy Workbench

November 2, 2016

Compact design gets its strength and rigidity from clever interlocking joinery
Assembling the small, sturdy workbench

November 1, 2016

Matt Kenney demonstrates how the clever interlocking joinery in Eric Tan's rock-solid workbench allows it to break down for transport